Environmental epidemiology of Kawasaki disease: Linking disease etiology, pathogenesis and global distribution.

Environmental epidemiology of Kawasaki disease: Linking disease etiology, pathogenesis and global distribution.

The pathogenesis of Kawasaki disease (KD) is commonly ascribed to an exaggerated immunologic response to an unidentified environmental or infectious trigger in susceptible children. A comprehensive framework linking epidemiological data and global distribution of KD has not yet been proposed.Patient...

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Main Authors: Cedric Manlhiot, Brigitte Mueller, Sunita O'Shea, Haris Majeed, Bailey Bernknopf, Michael Labelle, Katherine V Westcott, Heming Bai, Nita Chahal, Catherine S Birken, Rae S M Yeung, Brian W McCrindle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5802431?pdf=render

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